Cankles

Well I have hit that oh-so-fun time of developing "cankles." I'm not super happy about it, and per my doctor I am watching my salt intake (yes mom, you don't have to tell me "I told you so") to try and help with my water retention. Anyway, here's a new picture of me this week along with a picture of my fat ankle (enjoy, Marcella). Now I'm off to study and put my feet up in hopes that they will return to normal at least by morning!



Here "we" are! 21 weeks.

And here's my big fat ankle! Sexy I know......

21 Week Checkup

Well, we went to see the doctor today, and everything is good.  I do have to cut out salt on account that I'm retaining enough water that it has caused me to develop carpal tunnel in my right hand.  Oh well, small price to pay!  But Dr. Ruiz looked over the video of our last sonogram and said that everything looks great, my placenta is a little low though (nothing terribly uncommon), so he wants to take another look in 4 weeks to make sure it moves up to where it's supposed to be.  He seems to think that we're hatching a girl on account that you couldn't see anything in the way of determining a gender.  Apparently if you don't see anything at all it's probably a girl.  But we are still scheduled for an ultrasound at my school this coming Tuesday, so keep your fingers crossed that this time we can get a definitive answer!  And for anyone that's worried that we've had a crap-ton of sonograms, it's perfectly safe, I promise.  All ultrasound is is high frequency sound waves (x-rays is where the dangerous stuff is).  But hopefully we'll have some news soon, believe me we're dying of anticipation too!  Other than that, all is well here.  I have my second of three comp tests next week for school, and work has been keeping Jody very busy.  Hope everyone is well and we'll have another update soon.

A New Blog!

Hi everyone!  Well, we are back on the blogging bandwagon with a new page and a new adventure, parenthood.  Ok, so maybe not quite parenthood yet, but we are navigating the tricky waters of pregnancy!  I decided to start a new blog mainly because I figured that The Drunken Years wasn't really intended for the ramblings of a pregnant lady.  Also, it's a good way for all of our family and friends that are out of town (that's pretty much everyone!) to get to keep up with us and see what's going on down here.  

For anyone not up to speed, here's your Readers' Digest version of what's been happening:  

We found out this past November that we are expecting our first child (SURPRISE!!!!!), and got married January 31 (something which had been on the agenda for a while, but we decided to speed things up a bit).  I'm STILL finishing up school, I will finally be done this May.  Jody's still working for Biotronik down here in San Antonio, and graciously putting up with my hormones and the cats on a daily basis.  Yes, we still have the cats, and I'm not sure how they're going to adjust when we bring home our little Robinson in July.

I'm sure this is going to be one heck of a ride, so stay tuned for updates!